McCain opposed Biden's legislation to stop charging rape

[rsmith6621]

So John Boy is in to this as well..

Okay, this issue gets bigger by the hour. John reported on it first, days ago. Finally in the past 24 hours, the corporate media got wind of it (what, not reading our AMERICAblog are we?). Now, the issue has moved beyond just Sarah Palin charging rape victims for rape kits (i.e., intrusive forensic rape exams, exams that are needed to prove the rape and find the rapist). It now involves McCain and Joe Biden.

One would think that the Obama/Biden campaign would have blown this issue up by now - kind of a no-brainer, as John explained this morning. For Christ sakes, the McCain campaign turned that "lipstick on a pig" line into a two-day story -- and it was about nothing. This is a real issue that affects the health and safety of women in America. It's real, it's creepy as hell, and McCain and Palin are on the record on the wrong side. The very wrong side or a horrible issue. An issue that jeopardizes the very relationship with women that McCain and Palin are trying to build by repeatedly accusing Obama of being a 'sexist', among other things. Again, kind of a no-brainer.

Biden has been a champion in the effort to end domestic violence. I know this first-hand from my work on the Board of the National Network to End Domestic Violence. Biden championed the effort to stop charging rape victims for exams after they'd been sexually assaulted.





http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccain-opposed-bidens-legislation-to.html

[radfringe]

1. k&r

[BreweryYardRat]

2. Ahh...you might want to rephrase that post title.

All it takes is one right-wing asshole seeing that and we'll be hearing smears about Biden for weeks. Better to prevent it now.

[OneGrassRoot]

3. K&R

[Indi Guy]

4. Read on....

"Biden's legislation required that state, local, and Indian governments provide the rape exams to victims free of charge as a condition of receiving federal funds under the Violence Against Women Act. In 2000, Alaska finally passed state legislation in order to qualify for federal funding.

McCain not only opposed Biden's legislation, but also has voted against funding it as recently as October 2007."...

http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/mccain-opposed-bidens-legislation-to.html

[Triana]

5. please change the damn post title. n/t

[barbtries]

6. it kinda blows my mind to think

that people ever were charged in that manner. it's frigging crime evidence! when did it get changed from any other kind of crime evidence? if your home is burglarized do they charge you when they dust for fingerprints? my daughter was murdered and i never got a bill from the police even though they closed a thoroughfare for four hours had the helicopters circling took over 100 photographs etc. (if i wanted copies of the pictures i would have to pay for them; i didn't)

it's such rank sexism. i know that men suffer rape as well but the vast majority of the victims are girls or women. are we really in 2008? is time going backward?

[rsmith6621]

7. pm kick